Monthly Archives: November 2012 »
Florida’s CIW Helps Protect Tomato Pickers
This article originally appeared in the November/December 2012 issue of Dollars & Sense magazine. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a non-profit worker’s rights organization in South Florida, was able to celebrate another victory in October
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Austerity: The One Percent’s Global Battle Cry
Whether we are left with the Fiscal Cliff or a Grand Bargain, workers in the U.S. face massive cuts to programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, unemployment insurance, Food Stamp assistance and other
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: This is What Corporate Governance Looks Like
In 2008, the United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab announced the U.S. entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks as “a pathway to broader Asia-Pacific regional economic integration.” Originating in 2005 as a “Strategic Economic Partnership” between
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What We See When We Watch the News
Image and text of “What We See When We Watch the News” by Kip Lyall. To see more of Kip’s work, visit his blog
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Ted Rall: Another Degree and Deeper in Debt
Image and text by Ted Rall. To see more of Ted’s work, check out his blog
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Community Voices: Violence Abroad, Vitriol at Home
This article will not be expressing a straightforward viewpoint regarding the conflict in Israel/Palestine. I will not say Israel is primarily to blame for the violence occurring right now, or that Hamas is mostly
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Are Female Veterans Being Left Out in the Cold?
This article originally appeared in Spare Change News. After leaving the U.S. Air Force, Staff Sergeant Barbara Barnes spent years living in fear of stray shadows and sudden noises that could trigger flashbacks to
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Letter from Lenoard Peltier: 2012 National Day of Mourning
The annual letter from Lenoard Peltier that is read at National Day of Mourning Day in Plymouth, Massachusetts. National Day of Mourning occurs on the same day that some people call Thanksgiving. Lenoard Peltier
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Original Occupation: Native Blood & the Myth of Thanksgiving
The following originally appeared over at the Kasama Project, and was published prior to Thanksgiving of 2011, shortly after Occupy Wall Street was evicted from Zuccotti Park in Manhattan. The Puritan colonists of Massachusetts
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CARTOON: American Exceptionalism
Image and text by Kip Lyall. To see more of Kip’s work, visit his website
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